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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by carlosjobim on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @08:14AM (#42125785)
> You will probably at the very minimum need to implement your own platform (device, OS, browser alone probably won’t cut it).

What do you mean? Google gained dominance just being a dot com URL. This in a time when competitors were already very well established.

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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by kbolino on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @09:11AM (#42126238)
Google got big when being a dot-com URL meant something and the primary way the average person accessed the Internet was through a desktop PC. Neither of those things is true anymore.
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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by carlosjobim on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @12:14PM (#42127935)
That's why you got to have an app. People install more apps than ever before, it's completely normal.
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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by kbolino on Thursday November 14, 2024 @09:44AM (#42136547)
I don't think people associate search with an app. Search is something built in to the operating system or browser (a distinction which is disappearing too).
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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by carlosjobim on Thursday November 14, 2024 @01:28PM (#42139430)
People use apps more than they use a browser. It's not a big deal to reform search to be an app, it will be natural. People listen to podcasts without knowing anything about mp3 files or file systems, they edit and upload their photos without knowing about jpegs, etc.
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